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<font size=3>Lead dust could get airborne by sanding and will settle
throughout the shop; not a good idea.<br>
Filing lead only clogs the teeth, don't bother trying to get it
out.<br>
<br>
If lead needs to be trimmed, a sharp knife or chisel will shear it off
with the only hazard<br>
of clumsy wealding, it could smart.<br>
<br>
To remove the 'bump', either bang the lead in the opposite direction or
trim the bulge with a chisel.<br>
<br>
Jon Page<br>
<br>
At 09:36 PM 11/12/2000 +0000, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Hey Greg,<br>
<br>
why not sand or file them? I was actually taught to do that.<br>
I mean, if you just wear gloves and a mask the lead shouldn´t be
dangerous.<br>
Is that the reason? Or something else?<br>
Will they be looser?<br>
<br>
Kristinn Leifsson,<br>
Reykjavík, Iceland<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
At 16:02 12.11.2000 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Cameron,<br>
It's probably recessed leads expanding and showing
their ugly heads.<br>
Don't sand them!!!<br>
Greg Newell<br>
<br>
Cameron Jacobi wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I have a question for anyone who would care to answer<br>
> - I tuned a piano yesterday - a Sohmer upright, about<br>
> 20 years old - a lot of the keys were sticking - but<br>
> two of them, when I pulled them out - had something<br>
> like wooden blisters at the sides - I don't really<br>
> know how to describe it - it was as though something<br>
> inside the key was trying to make its way to the<br>
> surface - almost like a bubble in the wood - if the<br>
> wood continues to do that, those keys will be rubbing<br>
> the ones next to them. Does anyone have any idea what<br>
> could cause that, or what should be done about it?<br>
> I'd appreciate any input.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Harriet Lipman<br>
><br>
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